Lessons In Practical Buddhism - Sirimangalo.Org

Introduction
This book is based on a sample of audio and video teachings
originally given via YouTube and as part of various local
meditation courses. An attempt has been made (by myself
and others) to rework the material into a suitable form for
reading; it is certain more work needs to be done to make a
professional work, but the present edition is a best effort in
the time available and hopefully better than nothing. All
faults in the work are my own responsibility, especially the
rambling style of some of the chapters, which hopefully a
professional editor can some day help to pare down to a
proper length.
Much thanks and appreciation to those people who have
helped to make this book possible: my parents who were my
first teachers, my teacher and preceptor, Ajaan Tong
Sirimangalo, and those kind beings who were the
transcribers and editors of this material for the purpose of
putting together this book.
For more information on my activities and original audio and
video teachings, please visit my weblog at
http://yuttadhammo.sirimangalo.org/ or my YouTube channel
at http://www.youtube.com/yuttadhammo.
My hope in putting together this book is that more people
may benefit from the teachings of the Buddha on a practical
level; it seems to me proper that if one wishes to live in
peace and happiness, it behoves one to work to spread
peace and happiness in the world in which one lives.
May all beings be happy.
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Yuttadhammo
November 13th, 2012 CE